News of the day

[Shindig]

He's not been the same since the snow killed his wife.

[Spikey M]

Turns out racism and unwise interview topics are his set of skills.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Imagine if a black man had taken his daughter.

He'd have attempted genocide.

[Bernanke]

...why would you tell that story during a press run...

[Shindig]

There's never a good time for it, so pick the worst one.

[Spikey M]

It's a strong field, but this is up there with the most mental things celebrities have ever done. Not the act it's self, but fucking telling people about it.

[Lewis]

There was actually sort of a point to the full story, but still... Mate.

[Manc]

You know.

[Spikey M]

His point was 'emotions are weird, I wanted to murder a whole race once'.

[SincereTheRebel]

Respect that man for his honesty.

[bruhnaldo]

Liam Neeson oh no baby what is you doinggggggggg

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47133868

It's alright, he's not a racist:

"If she had said an Irish or a Scot or a Brit or a Lithuanian I would - I know I would - have had the same effect. I was trying to show honour, to stand up for my dear friend in this terribly medieval fashion."

[SincereTheRebel]

He didnt do anything.

[Yevrah]

40 years ago is late 70s. I would imagine a fuck load of people thought like he clearly did then.

[Shindig]

You can't really expect a person to react logically when they hear about a rape of a friend, to be fair.

[bruhnaldo]

Look at you guys trying to use logic in 2019. Bless your hearts.

[Jimmy Floyd]

40 years ago is late 70s. I would imagine a fuck load of people thought like he clearly did then.

Not good enough I'm afraid, he must be stoned to death.

[Giggles]

After all the years of being told that he's only a cunt, it's taken this to finally put my mother off Piers Morgan.

[Yevrah]

Not good enough I'm afraid, he must be stoned to death.

Can you imagine what would happen if the BBC ever mistakenly aired the uncut versions of Only Fools and Horses?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Can you imagine what would happen if the BBC ever mistakenly aired the uncut versions of Only Fools and Horses?

I'm surprised Goldfinger hasn't been banned yet to be honest, I watched it recently and there are several very 'problematic' moments.

[Lewis]

The constant gay jokes in that terrible Grand Tour Colombia special made me wonder what sort of editing process they have. Whether or not they were funny, and they weren't, you would think a company like Amazon would enforce a degree of restraint on that kind of content.

[Giggles]

Phonics?

[Offshore Toon]

The more I think about it, the more I respect him for it. It's an odd time to bring it up, but it might help people to come to the same realisation that he did.

[Panda Bear]

The more I think about it, the more I respect him for it. It's an odd time to bring it up, but it might help people to come to the same realisation that he did.Phonics?

[Queenslander]

What sort of self centered wanker would bring that up? Old mate Liam needs to just relax a bit.

[niko_cee]

The best bit is John Barnes being rolled out on all sorts of platforms to, well, if not defend him, at least say some stuff.

Don't ask too many questions though, as it tends to go a bit off the rails.

Carved himself a nice little niche. I bet Paul Ince is seething.

[Queenslander]

I can imagine his handlers scrambling in damage control urgently looking for a black mate to take a bullet for him.

[Shindig]

John Barnes mentioning the Chinese in his quotes makes me wonder what he's got against the Chinese.

[Spikey M]

It's mental that he did it and it's even more mental that he's thought it wise to tell a reporter about it, but the reaction - as expected- is ridiculous. He is quite plainly explaining what happened as an attempt to show he has learnt a hard lesson about himself, meanwhile Twitter and Co. are painting him as a proud racist.

[Mazuuurk]

Yeah. This is the reason you never basically ever see an interesting interview with any kind of public person anymore. Footballers, Actors, Musicians, what have you. Any public figure basically just needs to sit and spew out a bunch of platitudes, or they get e-lynched for it. It's all a bit boring.

[Spikey M]

You're not wr:henn0rz:ng.

[Mazuuurk]

No, I am c:cool:rrect.

[Manc]

"Unleash physical violence".

Mental.

[Offshore Toon]

John Barnes mentioning the Chinese in his quotes makes me wonder what he's got against the Chinese.
I've met John Barnes and he seemed like a good guy, so I imagine he does hate the Chinese, especially given he was quite a creative footballer.

[Vercetti]

Barnes looks a bit Chinese.

[Queenslander]

North Queensland is a it wet.

http://i67.tinypic.com/ifbqqt.jpg

[Dan]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-47154287

Dude suing his lawyer parents for giving birth to him without his permission.

[niko_cee]

Dude wants attention for his shit social media venture more like.

[Giggles]

:rolleyes:

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/hot-chocolate-scalding-case-settled-with-aer-lingus-for-70000-902973.html

[mugbull]

I bet you're one of those people who think the McDonald's coffee lawsuit was weak shit

[randomlegend]

:rolleyes:

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/hot-chocolate-scalding-case-settled-with-aer-lingus-for-70000-902973.html

Do you ACTUALLY spend time searching for these cases? Because you post them here with alarming regularity.

[Giggles]

Do you ACTUALLY spend time searching for these cases? Because you post them here with alarming regularity.

It's been weeks (months maybe) as you'd all moaned that much before. The cases themselves are what's regular though and don't need to be researched when you follow news outlets in Twitter.

[randomlegend]

I wasn't moaning, it's just a curious hobby.

[Giggles]

I wasn't moaning, it's just a curious hobby.

Twitter? It's like a disease. Though yeah, moaning probably wasn't correct.

Here's another.

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/woman-who-alleged-she-was-accused-of-stealing-1-shopping-bag-from-dunnes-stores-settles-defamation-case-37792897.html

[niko_cee]

Whenever one of those pops up I wonder whether it is something that is more prevalent in Ireland, or if we just lack our own news filter to feed us the UK equivalents.

I also wonder where they get the numbers from. I guess the skill is picking the highest number you think they'll still reckon it's better to settle than fight over.

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-47186124

:cool:

[Boydy]

It was only the other week a red panda escaped too.

[Lewis]

The Red Pand of Ulster.

[Giggles]

Belfast basically is a zoo anyway.

[Boydy]

The Red Pand of Ulster.

One of the papers went with 'Red Panda Ulster'.

[-james-]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-47202403

I had jury duty this morning and it was this. Didn't get called up, free to go. Thank fuck.

[Spikey M]

Yeah. That sounds like a prescription for antidepressants.

[Disco]

Fuck me, that sounds like a lucky escape.

[Baz]

:sick:

[Shindig]

Frig.

[randomlegend]

I met someone who killed their kids when I did forensic psych for my elective. Weird experience.

Had to read the whole report of the enquiry as well which was harrowing.

[bruhnaldo]

Speaking with sick shit apparently my boy worked at an auto parts store with one of these sick fucks:

https://fox13now.com/2019/02/07/two-florida-men-arrested-accused-of-plotting-to-groom-and-rape-a-3-year-old-girl/

The text messages in the story make me so fucking angry.

[Spikey M]

Not available in our region.

[niko_cee]

What kind of name is Lafe?

[Shindig]

I got the gist from the article title, to be honest.

[bruhnaldo]

Not available in our region.

That drives me fucking insane when it happens to me.

Anyways, basically two freak shows texting each other about some druggie's 3 year old daughter and how the mom is a deadbeat and might just let them do things to the child but in the meantime the one guy is trying to make it so the child is comfortable with him and has even looked up ways to knock the kid out without her remembering what happened

at one point mans tells his friend he can't wait to get his tongue around some... ya it's pretty fucking grimy and i hope both people die.

[Spikey M]

Fucking hell. :|

[randomlegend]

Anyone ever read the court notes from Ian Watkins' trial? That's some rancid shit.

[bruhnaldo]

Apparently some guy from Steps is also named Ian Watkins and ffs that has to be a bit shit to have to introduce yourself as "Ian Watkins, the singer, but no not that one".

[bruhnaldo]

I regret googling the court notes because I now, again, want to die.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I met someone who killed their kids when I did forensic psych for my elective. Weird experience.

Had to read the whole report of the enquiry as well which was harrowing.

Was that in a secure environment, or is there someone who tours around with a powerpoint saying 'I killed my kids - but here's how you can avoid making the mistakes I did' of the type that's ripe in sixth form college?

[randomlegend]

Was that in a secure environment, or is there someone who tours around with a powerpoint saying 'I killed my kids - but here's how you can avoid making the mistakes I did' of the type that's ripe in sixth form college?

Medium security psychiatric hospital.

[Baz]

Yeah when I used to go places like that, I was glad to not know the backstory.

You could always tell the noncey ones though because the staff couldn’t help their extra disdain for them.

[Shindig]

Anyone ever read the court notes from Ian Watkins' trial? That's some rancid shit.

"You belong to me and so does your baby." Can't decide whether that's worse than Rolf Harris singing, "How'd you like to be molested in the morning?" to one of his victims.

[Ian]

Apparently some guy from Steps is also named Ian Watkins and ffs that has to be a bit shit to have to introduce yourself as "Ian Watkins, the singer, but no not that one".

Yeah he, as you can imagine, had to do a lot of "No, no for fuck's sake" on Twitter at the time.

[Queenslander]

https://twitter.com/SkyNewsAust/status/1095219813020884992?s=19

Australia moves to the left! :drool:

The Greens dragging Labor left is also worth noting.

[Spikey M]

I'd have put all my money on H being the nonce back then to be fair.

[John]

Medium security psychiatric hospital.

'Medium Security' just instinctively sounds wrong for someone who offed their kids. My dad worked in a mental health facility with a 'Low Security' ward for a few years and some of the people he mentioned being held under those conditions sounded like they should have been treated like Garland Green.

That said, a few years ago in the psychiatric care unit of that same hospital a woman with a fairly extensive history of suicide attempts did herself in with a fucking scarf she won in a game of bingo organised by the nurses, so maybe that place just ought to be shut down.

[Spikey M]

That said, a few years ago in the psychiatric care unit of that same hospital a woman with a fairly extensive history of suicide attempts did herself in with a fucking scarf she won in a game of bingo organised by the nurses, so maybe that place just ought to be shut down.

:rosebud:

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-47211111

Mate.

[SincereTheRebel]

This is getting fucking ridicolous, seriosuly. People are so sensetive about everything, its embarassing.

[Spikey M]

Are them VW's that idiots put eyelashes on racist if your car is black? Where is the line here?

[randomlegend]

Is it cultural appropriation that I'm white and have a huge dick? Makes you think.

it's below average :(

[Shindig]

https://metro.co.uk/2019/02/09/train-service-cancelled-commuter-poo-seats-8496614/

I hope they got caught on CCTV for that.


In a now deleted tweet the operator replied: ‘Sorry, the train has been travelling up from Sunderland with only the rear car in operation as someone has defecated on the train and has covered 3 seats with faeces.

[SincereTheRebel]

I was informed last night, that Apu from The Simpsons could possibly be dropped becuse of all this policital correctness cultural appropriation theme that is going on around the world. Its fucked up that people cant even act and make stories anymore if it is true.

[Spikey M]

The argument they have is that Apu is a stereotype.

Which he is.

As is - every - fucking - character. Why Apu is the issue and not BumbleBee Man or Cleetus or..., who knows?

[John]

The reason Apu is the issue is that Hari Kondabolu did a piece on how growing up the primary way people would take the piss out of him was doing the Apu voice at him. The character itself is actually pretty nuanced, the only stereotypical aspects are the voice and the corner shop, and were he voiced by an actual Indian man I don't think anyone would care. Picture Hank Azaria doing the voice though and you begin to see why it might make people uncomfortable.

[SincereTheRebel]

Apu being voiced by someone who looks like Hank, I understand the backlash. But it is still acting at the end of the day by displaying your talents.

[Ian]

Azaria revealed that he draws inspiration from an Indian shopkeeper who committed the heinous crime of.... asking him not to drink a drink he hadn't actually paid for.

Not that that makes any difference to whether the character is a problem or not, just that it makes Azaria look like an arse.

[mikem]

Was there another character from the subcontinent on American tv in the 80’s - 90’s? I can barely think of a Hispanic or Asian character. There was Ponch from CHiPs, Jimmy Smitts, and who else? I seem to remember some detective on Miami Vice with a Japanese backstory who was played by James Edward Olmos or something. It is odd, and completely unsurprising, that a white guy impersonating an Indian guy would have been it. Which is the actual point they are making.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Pedro Cerrano :cool:

[Shindig]

Wait, this all started because a 30-something couldn't get over being bullied at school? Fuck the media. Also, that court thing is really well dodged...


Giving evidence from behind a screen at the High Court in Glasgow, 18-year-old Ms McLachlan said she had been dating Alesha's father Robert MacPhail, 26, for about two years.

24 year old shagging a barely legal lass that's accused of killing his 6 year old kid. Peak Scotland.

[-james-]

The victim's mother was 16 when she gave birth as well. He has a type.

His current one is innocent though. The accused is as guilty as they come. I'm fairly baffled as to who has advised him it was a good idea to go with this defence.

[-james-]

I saw the opening remarks in court and there's no way it'll be anything other than a unanimous guilty verdict. The poor fuckers in the jury having to sit through two weeks of this.

[niko_cee]

From the outline reports on the beeb this does sound like an all time wtf defence.

Maybe not quite the Huntley 'they just died in the bath' effort, but close and maybe better in terms of mad conspiracy.It'll probably turn out to be true in 30 years.

No one really advises a defendant as to plea. Technically, you have to take them at their word and if they say they didn't do it, you go with it. You only advise a guilty plea if they actually full on say they did it, or recuse yourself when they don't.

[-james-]

Fair enough. His mum or someone should really have stepped in and given him the "are you sure m8", though.

[Shindig]

I'd still have the dad down as a wildcard theory. Anyway, more nonce talk:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47229181


"I applied to marry an English-speaking fighter between 20 and 25 years old," she said.

Ten days later she married a 27-year-old Dutch man who had converted to Islam.

[Ian]

I know it's always the way with these cases but every news article updating the Alesha MacPhail case just gets fucking worse.

[Mazuuurk]

BTW James why would you get called up for Jury duty for that? Aren't you in Newcastle?

[Lewis]

I know it's always the way with these cases but every news article updating the Alesha MacPhail case just gets fucking worse.

It really is 'peak Scotland' in every instance as well.

[-james-]

BTW James why would you get called up for Jury duty for that? Aren't you in Newcastle?

I have never been in Newcastle.

[Mazuuurk]

Why do I have that idea? Maybe I'm confusing you with someone from before. :sorry:

Do you support Newcastle then?
But then you live in Glasgow, I take it yeah?

[phonics]

You’re confusing him with Sandman because he used to do drugs.

[Shindig]

Dino is the Greek sink-pisser.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

And the one who got caught wanking by his Grandad.

[Vercetti]

'how :cool:

I was just about to post that.

[Raoul Duke]

Wanking off his grandad, iirc

[Spikey M]

And the one that needs a spreadsheet to help him lose at gambling.

[-james-]

I am ashamed of none of the facts that are presented before me.

[-james-]

Maybe the sink pissing, that was a while ago.

[Lewis]

Your Celtic sympathising is the worst of it.

[-james-]

I'm hardly going to be a Rangers fan when I'm marrying into an army of Catholics. It's not as if there's any difference anyway.

[Lewis]

Forced to conform.

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-47240580

It's at times like this that we NEED Harold back.

[Disco]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47248555

What's everyone else's stance on this? My immediate reaction was 'Jog the fuck on love', especially towards any mention of bringing her back ourselves. As a British citizen (assuming it hasn't been revoked for being a terrorist) she would be entitled to return but surely it would be straight into a jail cell.

[Giggles]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47248555

What's everyone else's stance on this? My immediate reaction was 'Jog the fuck on love', especially towards any mention of bringing her back ourselves. As a British citizen (assuming it hasn't been revoked for being a terrorist) she would be entitled to return but surely it would be straight into a jail cell.

'Piss off, we're full'.

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47248555

What's everyone else's stance on this? My immediate reaction was 'Jog the fuck on love', especially towards any mention of bringing her back ourselves. As a British citizen (assuming it hasn't been revoked for being a terrorist) she would be entitled to return but surely it would be straight into a jail cell.

Or a cushty flat and a full Universal Credit claim.

[Shindig]

Bamster's going to punch her in the stomach as soon as she lands in Heathrow. He'll be wearing a Batman costume whilst shouting, "Fathers4Justice."

[Raoul Duke]

She might have some useful intel that could lead to us getting some bigger cunts, so bring her back and grill the fuck out of her. Likewise, being seen to be the "bigger" nation and not abandon people could be potentially useful, despite the red top's knee jerking. I believe there are international agreements around making someone stateless, so it's unlikely we actually could do that even if we wanted to.

[Spikey M]

A woman in IS is going to know less about what the top brass of IS have been up to than we do.

[Boydy]

She might have some useful intel that could lead to us getting some bigger cunts, so bring her back and grill the fuck out of her. Likewise, being seen to be the "bigger" nation and not abandon people could be potentially useful, despite the red top's knee jerking. I believe there are international agreements around making someone stateless, so it's unlikely we actually could do that even if we wanted to.
Fucking brexit, mate. We do what we want.

[Giggles]

Fucking brexit, mate. We do what we want.

Britain? Everything.

[Spikey M]

Brexit means Brexit.

[Spikey M]

But yeah, she will be allowed back, be given a new identity and we will (probably) never know what becomes of her.

[Jimmy Floyd]

We should bring her back if she publicly renounces ISIS. If not, sorry.

[Baz]

Heard someone who is considered smart say “if we leave Brexit” the other day. :yop:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It's a shame Abu Hamza isn't here anymore, we could have set up a lovely arranged marriage between the two.

[Lewis]

If her husband was Dutch they can have them.

[Spikey M]

Actually, aren't the Dutch pretty unrepresented on the Domestic Terrorism front? They can have them all.

[Shindig]

Yeah, I can't think of a thing you'd want to blow up over there.

[Boydy]

She should be brought back, she was a child who was groomed.

[Spikey M]

I'm not sure what personal hygiene has to do with anything.

[Boydy]

:D

ffs

[Lewis]

She doesn't sound like somebody who didn't know what they were getting into.

[randomlegend]

By that logic adults should be alright shagging under-16s provided they seem like they wanted it.

[Shindig]

Yes means yes.

[Lewis]

I think if this was a case of her going to meet a twenty-two year old for sex you would be hard pressed to make the relevant charges stick to him.

[Disco]

Of course he ends up looking like a roadie for the fucking Wurzels, way to dispel the stereotypes mate.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-47259930

[Spikey M]

That's quite a beard.

[randomlegend]

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/crime/harald-geogloman-convicted-of-dengerous-driving-1-5894535

Should probably be more careful about giving away this information, but this is one of the consultants I currently work for :uhoh:

[Lewis]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47269827

This has been a great slow-burner recently. His apology tour and subsequent rehabilitation will be required viewing.

'WELL AT LEAST IT STARTED A DEBATE ABOUT...'

[Spikey M]

Lol.

[Pepe]

He was trying to raise awareness.

[Lewis]

As I saw on the Twitter earlier, why not just say two guys in MAGA hats called you something? You will still get your sympathy and attention, but nobody is really going to question it, let alone investigate it. What an absolute whopper.

[Spikey M]

There's definitely some kink involved in getting 2 massive black dudes to beat you up for money.

[Disco]

I'll take your word on that one.

[Lewis]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8444933/man-sex-dog-arrest-fidel-lopez-portland-oregon/

As you do like.

[Spikey M]

I'll take your word on that one.

[Kikó]

Not what she meant when she said she liked it doggy style.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

She claimed that he showed his genitals to dogs and boasted about watching another person sexually assault a dog.

Why did she agree to marry him?

[Kikó]

You have to take the ruff with the smooth in relationships.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

You have to take the ruff with the smooth in relationships.

Down boy.

[Bam]

Bamster's going to punch her in the stomach as soon as she lands in Heathrow. He'll be wearing a Batman costume whilst shouting, "Fathers4Justice."

What? :cab:

[Shindig]

Relax, she's already given birth.

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-47291956

More details. Fucking hell. dino has had a massive let off.

[-james-]

https://twitter.com/ConnorGillies

I've been following it here. The boy is peak wrong'un.

[Boydy]

You're glad you didn't have to do jury duty for it but you're following all the grisly details on Twitter? :D

[Spikey M]

It's a bit different, considering the actual trial will include having to look at pictures of a dead and raped child amongst some other horrors.

[-james-]

You're glad you didn't have to do jury duty for it but you're following all the grisly details on Twitter? :D


I was half tempted (and half horrified) by the idea of getting selected for the jury. It would have been a fairly unique experience, but fuck being subjected to the evidence.

[phonics]

It would make sense if you had a 9-5 just to get out of it and pretend you're poirot for a couple of weeks but outside of that? Nah.

[-james-]

Not sure I would have got very far with a loss of earnings claim.

[Spikey M]

It's difficult, because you want a good one. Fuck getting stuck with 2 weeks of tax evasion bollocks. You just don't want 'raped and murdered 6 year old' good.

[Giggles]

You don't need to take them up for loss of earnings, you have to legally be paid when you're on jury duty by your employer don't you?

[Spikey M]

Dear Mr Bet365

[Lewis]

I was half tempted (and half horrified) by the idea of getting selected for the jury. It would have been a fairly unique experience, but fuck being subjected to the evidence.

Did they say why they never selected you? I don't know how it works.

[niko_cee]

It's just random, unless you declare yourself to have some sort of contamination (or whatever the word is). When I did it I met someone I did the bar with in the foyer, but he wasn't involved in the case I was selected for. It's not like America where Johnny Cochrane is weighing your soul and deciding whether to keep you or not.

[Mazuuurk]

Is it completely random? Do they not try to make the jury a bit diverse like gender- and age-wise or something?

[phonics]

Did they say why they never selected you? I don't know how it works.

They call more people to appear than they need because so many people doss it off and then they random lottery from that.


Is it completely random? Do they not try to make the jury a bit diverse like gender- and age-wise or something?

No, the idea of a jury of your peers does not exist over here unlike the US. I believe the Judge is more important in the UK as well?


In a British legal system, jurors are selected at random from the populace. However, in America, juries are selected from a cross-section of society. American juries are meant to represent a similar background to the defendant, hence the phrase “a jury of your peers”. The UK Ministry of Justice defends the practise as “fair, independent, and democratic”. Additionally, unlike in America, British jurors are not cross-examined by the attorneys to determine the jurors’ suitability, only being dismissed if there is some extraordinary circumstance that would render them incapable of an unbiased decision. In most American courts, attorneys may strike jurors that may have a bias, with some using it as an ability to craft a jury that will render a more desirable verdict.

[niko_cee]

Is it completely random? Do they not try to make the jury a bit diverse like gender- and age-wise or something?

I think probability does most of the work, although I don't know.

[Shindig]

Prosecution says “You raped Alesha MacPhail and your semen and DNA is all over her”

He replied “no”.

Foolproof.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It's difficult, because you want a good one. Fuck getting stuck with 2 weeks of tax evasion bollocks. You just don't want 'raped and murdered 6 year old' good.

I've always wanted a go at Jury Service but yeah, a 6 year old rape case is a bit much.

[-james-]

Did they say why they never selected you? I don't know how it works.

A hundred people received letters asking them to show up. You go up and ask for exemption if you have a good reason, and then fifteen are drawn from a hat from whoever is left.

We were told that "I don't want to look at dead kids" was a valid reason, but about seventy of the hundred stayed put and entered the draw.

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/47278392

"Bobridge fell about 500m short of breaking the hour record. But he came close because he pushed his body far further than many would think possible, through sheer will."

And drugs. Lots and lots of lovely drugs.

[Baz]

FFS.

I once got called up for jury duty but my boss contacted them to say I was indispensable (Champ Man term) and they withdrew me. Hopefully I’m not out of the pot for good though, considering that was two jobs ago and I’d like to do it.

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47301007

"The 18-times Grand Slam winner wrote it was "cheating" to allow transgender women to compete in women's sport as they had unfair physical advantages.

Athlete Ally said the remarks were transphobicand perpetuated myths."

U wot m8.

I mean, if it's a myth. Let's do the whole thing as a mixed competition.

[Baz]

Serena would still be the winner. :wub:

[SincereTheRebel]

In sports that are juddged on time and time only. The fastest men times, are faster than the fastest women times. Is there any timed sport where women are faster?

[niko_cee]

Women are physiologically better at running stupidly long distances, apparently.

[SincereTheRebel]

Women are physiologically better at running stupidly long distances, apparently.

Whatever the fuck that means.

[niko_cee]

It means the only thing I think women are physically at an advantage to as compared to men is running very long distances - like those 200km ultramarathon things (and even those might not be far enough).

This isn't really what I was thinking of, but have an old Mail link:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2420999/Women-day-faster-long-distance-running-men-predict-experts.html

Edit: not sure about the first woman example being called Rory though.

:cab:

[SincereTheRebel]

Just create a new category for the transformers

[Ian]

I'd watch the Transformers Olympics.

[Pepe]

By 2156. :D

[niko_cee]

The really important question of the day is whether Henry or Giggles play the lottery.

[SincereTheRebel]

I'd watch the Transformers Olympics.

We all would.

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47298111

I reckon there's more than that.

[Vercetti]

I'll read more about the "Mandem Project" tomorrow.

Or, y'know, never.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Cephas Williams is tired of how people look at him when he wears his hoodie.

"I am a black man with a degree in architecture, and I find I am not taken seriously when I walk into a room full of strangers."

Cephas is now trying to change perceptions of black men through the use of photography.

The 27-year-old is an entrepreneur from New Cross, south-east London, who works in the community.

But he says people don't see him for the person he is - and are quick to judge and stereotype him.

Every sentence in this is its very own absolute crock of bollocks.

[Lewis]

Living up to the chippy black man stereotype to own the, erm...

[niko_cee]

Architects are (often) total bellends though so he's probably onto something.

They'd definitely look down on hoodies.

[Spikey M]

Well this one sure is.

[niko_cee]

It's an uphill struggle, to say the least, with a name like that.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I get alerted to this stuff by cricket twitter, but has anyone clocked the range of mental sanctions India's (extreme right nationalist) government has decided to impose on Pakistan after a terrorist bomb in Kashmir?

The last one I just saw was the governor of some state promising to begin works to divert a river so that it no longer flowed into Pakistan, thus denying them much needed water.

[Spikey M]

Keep it in the World War 3 thread.

[Pepe]

The last one I just saw was the governor of some state promising to begin works to divert a river so that it no longer flowed into Pakistan, thus denying them much needed water.

That is genius. Has it been attempted before? Because if not, someone should get on it.

[Spikey M]

Didn't one of the mental case Communists in China do something like that?

[Lewis]

The Iranians are after them as well. For some reason, right, nobody believes Pakistan when it says it doesn't harbour Islamic terrorists. Harsh or what.

[Boydy]

That lad's been found guilty in the Alesha McPhail case.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm in the pro-Pakistan lobby, albeit distancing myself from the Peter Oborne wing of it. BJP India is a crazed ethno-nationalist madhouse.

[Giggles]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/47317052

To be held just after the medal ceremonies for hopscotch and oil painting.

[mugbull]

Really no different to figure skating, and probably a lot more interesting

[Pepe]

All sports that require judges should be banned.

[Pepe]

I know that it would get rid of fan favorites like gymnastics and personal favorites like boxing, but sometimes you have to do what's right.

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47311186

Good job catching it, now burn the island.

[Shindig]

That would just make them angrier. And on fire.

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-47330774

Christ. He deserves a concurrence sentence for that bonce.

[Ian]

I don't know the rights and wrongs of identifying him, however I can't believe the defence QC really thought the wellbeing of somebody who raped and murdered a child would be the bit that swung the decision in his favour:


"It is also important to identify at this stage that there is a history, so far as the accused is concerned, of self harm."

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-47297831

Have you given her a go Giggles?

She appears to reside on Craggy island.

[Yevrah]

I don't know the rights and wrongs of identifying him, however I can't believe the defence QC really thought the wellbeing of somebody who raped and murdered a child would be the bit that swung the decision in his favour:

Tough defence gig that one.

On his identification, as is normally always the case when this subject crops up, there's absolutely no benefit to anyone by naming him. No legitimate public interest, no one is safer, nothing.

[Lewis]

I was surprised that he was a decent looking lad. They usually look like Mahow, or are at least prematurely balding. You wouldn't pick him out a nonce line-up in a month of Sundays.

[mugbull]

He has those old school Spoonsky vibes

[Pepe]

Spoonsky will come out 'poly' at some point.

[Spoonsky]

I was surprised that he was a decent looking lad.


He has those old school Spoonsky vibes

I'm declaring this a win (fuck off Pepe).

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0715r36

He does seem like a backward cunt.

[Shindig]

Tough defence gig that one.

On his identification, as is normally always the case when this subject crops up, there's absolutely no benefit to anyone by naming him. No legitimate public interest, no one is safer, nothing.

Don't end up in front of a Judge who hasn't seen worse, basically. He sounded really pissed off when he was summing up.

[Giggles]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-47297831

Have you given her a go Giggles?

She appears to reside on Craggy island.

I'll book her Monday morning.

[Spikey M]

"I didn't know I could cure that"

[Giggles]

Curing cuntishness :drool:

[Boydy]

Spoonsky will come out 'poly' at some point.
:lol:

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47370398

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:lol:

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47365585
phonics

[Disco]

It's a bit mad that someone (even if he is a twat) can effectively be gagged because 'the truth made our numbers go down'.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47386100

A shooting range in Merseyside has been criticised for using images of IS bride Shamima Begum as a target.

Labour MP Angela Eagle said she was "disapproving" of the use of living people's faces by Ultimate Airsoft Range in Wallasey.

The range said it had responded to requests from customers, with "record numbers" wanting Ms Begum as a target.

:D

[Baz]

:D

Anyone criticising that needs to stop being so uptight.

[Spikey M]

Shooting target indeed :wank:

[Giggles]

How the absolute fuck.


1100856878043664388

[Offshore Toon]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47370398

1100053046309150720?s=19

:lol:
You get African churches live streaming on YouTube and they're incredible. Next time I catch a good one I'll post it.

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-47399939

If they manage to save her, she needs to be taken off of them pronto.

I don't know if I'm more pissed off by the fact that they seemingly would rather she die than under go an 'operation' or by their insistence that it should be God that decides her fate, when - by that logic - it was God that gave her the illness and forced her to live with it in the first place.

Mental.

[Ian]

Surely if it's up to God he can just make the treatment a failure, anyway?

[John]

That sort of thing should be looked upon no differently than not feeding your child.

[Spikey M]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47409350

And it's only going to get worse. Their new Probation Officer recruitment program is a joke. I applied for it and went to the assessment centre. I was initially turned down before being called a month later and offered the job. I told them to fuck right off as I'd already got a non-Civil Service job.

In my previous job I pretty much was a Probation Officer, I spent copious hours sat listening to their 'poor me' bollocks, whilst having to nodd along and attempt to encourage them to get a job and stop being a fucking scum bag. Yet, in the recruitment campaign they are advertising the position to people from Customer Service backgrounds. They are going to get pushed around and manipulated beyond all belief.

[Baz]

BIG NEWS:

https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1094164/queen-health-update-why-is-queens-hand-bruised-purple-hands-sign-symptoms

[Jimmy Floyd]

Probation is one of the many things Chris Grayling has managed to completely destroy in his whirlwind ministerial career.

[SincereTheRebel]

BIG NEWS:

https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1094164/queen-health-update-why-is-queens-hand-bruised-purple-hands-sign-symptoms

She probably hasnt receovered from putting them hands on her husband who crashed her Rover

[Spikey M]

If the tyres weren't bald it would have had the grip required to avoid rolling.

[Shindig]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-47410738/we-stopped-needing-to-work-in-our-30s

Well, this is very misleading. "We stopped needing to work in our 30s." And then the video goes on to explain he's been self-employed for years.

[Baz]

Surely's he's on borrowed time if this (https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/courts/judge-to-rule-on-bid-to-have-james-bulger-killers-details-made-public/ar-BBUkCnk?OCID=ansmsnnews11) happens? :huhu:

[Ian]

If he's repeatedly being caught doing the same stuff why isn't he on a life term somewhere? Whether it be a prison or a secure hospital or whatever the correct sort of institution for him would be.

[Spikey M]

I get that you can't lock kids up for life, but if the same 'issue' remains in place as an adult, then you should definitely be allowed to factor what they did back then into any future sentence.

Dealing with a paedophile is massively complicated when they have previously tortured and murdered a toddler.

[SincereTheRebel]

Should just put them all down and be done with it.

[Yevrah]

If he's repeatedly being caught doing the same stuff why isn't he on a life term somewhere? Whether it be a prison or a secure hospital or whatever the correct sort of institution for him would be.

He's on a life term in that he'll always be on license despite being free to go about his daily life, well, until he keeps looking at child porn images at which point he's subject to the same rules as everyone else and I don't think doing that carries a prison sentence, does it?

[Baz]

Wasn't one of them "revealed" online a few years back, as some random bloke who worked in KFC?

[Baz]

Actually, speaking of stuff like that, will "Article 13" (https://saveyourinternet.eu/) affect TTH?

[Shindig]

I don't think so. We don't host stuff here, do we?

[Lewis]

They should just release his details. Fuck him.

[Spikey M]

Twitter is currently in outrage mode because Will Smith will be playing the William's Sisters dad in a film. He's the wrong hue of Black man, apparently.

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[phonics]

Literally haven't seen a single mention of it and it doesn't seem to be trending anywhere? I think you need to tone down what you consider 'outrage' and might just be, ' a group of people talking about something on social media'

[Spikey M]

It's top of my trending.

[phonics]

It's top of my trending.

You have tailored trends on, that's just stories you've read recently/people you follow fed into an AI algorithm.

[Queenslander]

Rumbled.

[Spikey M]

You have tailored trends on, that's just stories you've read recently/people you follow fed into an AI algorithm.

https://ibb.co/F7bSNxQ

Perhaps, I've no idea, but it indicates that it's a thing anyway.

[phonics]

That's not what trending is.

PS. People who use Twitter Moments :facepalm: I thought that was for the 6 nans that couldn't work out how to use Twitter.

It's a shitty news site run by twitter made to get more people to write tweets. Of course they're saying something is happening on Twitter about it. Use their search functions, you can't even find an angry person who turns up in 'top'.

Even the thing that's supposed to be sensationalist uses the word 'mixed'.

[Spikey M]

I'm not having my twittering judged by a man that gets banned for getting huffy at celebrities. Good day.

[Baz]

Good avatar/post combo there.

[SvN]

Phonics has 104 followers, you should listen to him.